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In rural Washington County, Maine, there are pressing issues, such as the cost of living, that are getting more attention than climate change. There's also skepticism about it, even though the region's natural resource-based economy is inextricably linked to a rapidly warming sea.
In rural Washington County, Maine, there are pressing issues, such as the cost of living, that are getting more attention than climate change. There's also skepticism about it, even though the region's natural resource-based economy is inextricably linked to a rapidly warming sea.
For decades, lobstermen have filled their bait bags with Atlantic herring, the small fish that plays a tremendous role in the food chain and is the preferred bait of Maine’s biggest fishery. “We’ve trained and raised our lobsters on it,” said James Hanscom, a Bar Harbor-based lobstermen who also sells bait. “It’s definitely the bait of choice.” But as quotas for Atlantic herring have tightened over the years, lobstermen and bait dealers have been forced to look elsewhere for other baits to lure in lobsters. Over the course of the last few years, the quotas on herring have ...
Years of tight herring quotas have lobstermen using new baits BAR HARBOR — For decades, lobstermen have filled their bait bags with Atlantic herring, the small fish that plays a tremendous role in the food chain and is the preferred bait of Maine’s biggest fishery. “We’ve trained and raised our lobsters on it,” said James Hanscom, a Bar Harbor-based lobstermen who also sells bait. “It’s definitely the bait of choice.” But as quotas for Atlantic herring have tightened over the years, lobstermen and bait dealers have been forced to look elsewhere for other baits to lure i...